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Title: Bauhaus (World of Art) by Frank Whitford ISBN: 0-500-20193-5 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: April, 1984 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent Introduction
Comment: Frank Whitford's Bauhaus in the Thames & Hudson World of Art series provides a fine basic introduction to the 20th century's most important school of art. Whitford writes engagingly and informatively. He begins by sketching the prehistory of the school in the 19th century arts-and-crafts movement and then goes on to examine van der Velde and the Weimar Art School that served as the basis upon which Gropius established the school. Whitford deals with all the major figures in the fourteen-year history of the Bauhaus and he uses contemporary documents (journals, personal accounts, etc.) to tell the story. I rank this among the best books in the Thames & Hudson series. In fact, I assigned it as a required text in a course on the Bauhaus and the Weimar Republic. Incidentally, teachers might be interested to know that Whitford has also written and narrated a fine 60" film "Bauhaus: Face of the 20th Century" (available in the Films for the Humanities series.)
Rating: 4
Summary: Damn fine background.
Comment: Great background to an institution which was about as rock'n'roll as they come. The soul put into the establishment, its teachings, its beliefs (collective and individual) and the commitment of those involved is staggering - its a shame that it really doesn't have an equivalent today, but that's todays politic and media for you. Consice account that was almost written as a historical novel - Christ, I even read the bibliography at the end !! Off to find more books about it all now. Oh, and listen to Blumfeld, International Jetset & Earl Brutus whilst reading this too.
AJC 1999
Rating: 4
Summary: An Excellent Book on the History of the Bauhaus!
Comment: Mister Whitford thoroughly chronicled the events that formed and shaped the Bauhaus - from the very beginning to the unfortunate end. A very good point of view - a must read for the Bauhaus enthusiast.
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Title: Bauhaus: 1919-1933 by Magdalena Droste, Bauhaus Archiv ISBN: 3822821055 Publisher: TASCHEN America Llc Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: The ABC's of Bauhaus, The Bauhaus and Design Theory by Ellen Lupton, J. Abbott Miller ISBN: 1878271423 Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press Pub. Date: 15 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: De Stijl (World of Art) by Paul Overy ISBN: 0500202400 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: September, 1991 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The New Architecture and The Bauhaus by Walter Gropius ISBN: 0262570068 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 15 March, 1965 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Bauhaus and America: First Contacts, 1919-1936 by Margret Kentgens-Craig ISBN: 0262611716 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 19 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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